Legendary Band Rocks with Amazing Display of Honor and Patriotism

As football season is underway again and national anthem protests have resumed on the sidelines, it’s time for a look back to when one of the country’s best-known rock bands took time from a concert to honor veterans while at the same time showing its disapproval of Colin Kaepernick for his protest of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

During a stop in Worcester, Massachusetts, as part of its Freedom To Rock tour, KISS singer and guitarist Paul Stanley grabbed the microphone and told the audience that the freedom enjoyed in America came at a great cost.

Referring to military personnel, Stanley said, “They go overseas. They protect us. They stand up for us. … When they come back, some of them need medical help, some of them need financial help.”

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“They don’t get what they’ve got coming from their country, so we try to be sure that they get it from us,” he added.

He went on to say the band had been accepting donations to go to the charity group Hiring our Heroes.

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At that point he presented a check in the amount of $150,000 to the charity. The money will go toward finding employment for veterans of the military.